Wagoner's Lad, Lyric Variant 05

This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.

Folk music

Courtship--Songs and music

Orphans--Songs and music

Patriarchy--Songs and music

The Wagoner Lad, My Horses Ain't Hungry, Pretty Mary, Poor Johnny, Lovely Emma

AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967

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Song texts

English

Text

I. G. Greer, 1881-1967

1916

Brown. Folk Lyric - 250(A) Sharp. 117

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